on 15 November 1976 Consolidated with the 480th Air Resupply Squadron and the 480th Bombardment Squadron on 19 September 1985 Redesignated 480th Fighter Squadron on 1 October 1991 Inactivated on 1 April 1994 Activated on 13 August 2010 Assignments 336th Bombardment Group, 15 July 1942 – 1 May 1944 580th Air Resupply and Communications Group (later 580th Air Resupply Group), 16 April 1951 – 18 October 1956 366th Fighter Bomber Wing (later 366th Tactical Fighter) Wing, 25 September 1957 – 1 April 1959 (not operational after 4 March 1959) United States Air Forces Europe, 30 April 1962 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, 8 May 1962 2d Air Division, 5 February 1966 (attached to 6252d Tactical Fighter Wing) Seventh Air Force, 1 April 1966 (attached to 6252d Tactical Fighter Wing to 7 April 1966, then to 35th Tactical Fighter Wing) 35th Tactical Fighter Wing, 23 June 1966 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, 10 October 1966 37th Tactical Fighter Wing, 15 April 1969 12th Tactical Fighter Wing, 31 March 1970 – 17 November 1971 52d Tactical Fighter Wing (later 52d Fighter Wing), 15 November 1976 52d Operations Group, 31 March 1992 – 1 April 1994 52d Operations Group, 13 August 2010 – present Stations MacDill Field, Florida, 15 July 1942 Fort Myers Army Air Field, Florida, 10 August 1942 Avon Park Army Air Field, Florida, 13 December 1942 MacDill Field, Florida, 13 October 1943 Lake Charles Army Air Field, Louisiana, 6 November 1943 – 1 May 1944 Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, 16 April 1951 – 19 September 1952 Wheelus Field (later, Wheelus Air Base), Libya, 28 September 1952 – 18 October 1956 Alexandria Air Force Base (later England Air Force Base), Louisiana, 25 September 1957 Chaumont-Semoutiers Air Base, France, 8 May 1962 Phalsbourg-Bourscheid Air Base, France, 21 December 1962 Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, 12 July 1963 Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam, 5 February 1966 Korat Air Base, Thailand, 21 May 1966 – 24 May 1966 (Detachment) Phù Cát Air Base, South Vietnam, 15 April 1969 – 17 November 1971 Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, 15 November 1976 – 1 April 1994 Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, 13 August 2010 – present Aircraft Martin B-26 Marauder (1942–1944) Boeing B-29 Superfortress (1951–1956) Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (1951–1956) Grumman SA-16 Albatross (1951–1956) North American F-100D/F Super Sabre (1957–1959) Republic F-84 Thunderjet (1958–1959) Republic F-84F Thunderstreak (1962–1965) McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II (1965–1968) McDonnell Douglas